Village president to name new trustee

President will announce replacement at OPRF High School

Village President Anan Abu-Taleb will name an interim trustee Monday to replace outgoing board trustee Ray Johnson, who resigned this week to relocate after taking a new job in New York.

The new trustee will be appointed by Abu-Taleb at noon in the student center of Oak Park and River Forest High School, 201 N. Scoville Ave.

"I'm excited about the choice, and I wanted to encourage the younger people to be engaged in the community and be part of the conversation. I thought this would be one way of doing it," Abu-Taleb said in a telephone interview.